In the interest of enhancing transatlantic exchange and collaboration, theجمعية غرب افريقيا للبحوث, with funding from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US State Department, offers الإقامات for WARA member institutions to host a West African Scholar on their campus.

Each residency will last 4-8 weeks and will provide the visiting scholar with opportunities for library research, guest lecturing, and/or collaborative work with American colleagues. Please note that residencies are short-term exchanges and are not meant to fill faculty positions.

فوائد:

WARA will pay the round-trip travel costs of the selected scholar as well as a stipend of $3500 to help cover meals and local transportation costs. Host institutions are encouraged to provide additional support in the form of housing, office space, library privileges, laboratory facilities, or other supports for the period of the residency.

All applications must be submitted online and will include:

اسم ومعلومات الاتصال لممثل المؤسسة المضيف وارا

A 50-80 word abstract of the proposed residency, clearly indicating
the purpose of the Residency (clearly indicate the host institution
contact person)

A proposal of no more than six (6) double-spaced pages profiling the
visiting scholar, his or her proposed residency activities, how the
residency will contribute to the goals of WARA, the expected impact or
outcome of the residency, and any support that the host institution is
prepared to contribute

Proof of citizenship in the form of a copy of the scholar’s passport
(please note: only scholars who are eligible for non-immigrant visas to
the U.S. will be considered)

Please note that
applications can only be made by WARA member institutions for the
purpose of bringing a specific scholar to their campus. Applications
from individual scholars will not be accepted.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 11:59pm FEBRUARY 1, 2019. LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Upon completion of the residency,
residents are required to submit, in collaboration with their host
institution, a detailed report of their work and findings. This report
will subsequently be published in the biannual نشرة WARA الإخبارية. Please direct inquiries to [البريد الإلكتروني محمي]

التمويل لل WARA Residency Program is provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State through a grant from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.

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